Puzzle.



PATENTED JUNE 2, 1903, I

W- P. VAN LOAN.

PUZZLE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 28. 1902.

I no MODEL.

Ni'rnn TATES" PATENT Patented June 2, 1903.

WARREN P. VAN LOAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 W. HOWARD BENDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PUZZLE.

V SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,705,-dated June 2, 1903.

Application filed August 28, 1902. Serial No. 121,291. (No modeli To alt whono it may concern:

Beit known that LWARREN P. VAN LOAN,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the.

have made and invented certain new and use-.

ful Improvements in Puzzles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to puzzles; and its object is to provide a simple and inexpensive device of the character named which will serve as a source of amusement and require more or less skill and adroitness to manipulate successfully.

The invention comprises a receptacle of suitable form suspendedwithin a boxor casing and a plurality of balls adapted to be placed in the receptacle by properly moving or turning the box.

The improvement includes in a single device two distinct puzzles'or the accomplishment of two separate results-to wit, first, the placing of all of the balls into the receptacle, and, secondly, the swinging of the suspended receptacle without displacing the balls.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form part of the specification, and its novel featn res will be defined in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in-perspcctive of the device, partly broken away to aflt'ord better view of the interior. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the top of the box or casing turned over to a vertical position to facilitate the placing of the balls, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the boat-shaped receptacle employed.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are denoted by the same reference-numerals.

The reference-numeral 1 designates a rectangular box or casing made of light sheet metal or other suitable material and provided with a cover 2, of glass or other transparent material. Within the box is suspended a receptacle 3, preferably of boat shape, by means of cords or like flexible connections. The lower ends of the cords are secured in any suitable manner adjacent to the ends of the box, and the upper ends of said cords are attached to opposite sides of the box, preferablyby clamping the ends between the cover and .the upper edges of the sides, as shown. The boat 3 may be formed with openings near its ends, through which the cords pass, knots 5 being formed at the lower ends of said cords to support the boat. Any desired number of balls or shot (3 may be employed, preferably three, and the primary feature of the puzzlev is to place all of the balls in the boat, as shown in the drawings. This isbest accomplished by tilting the box forward until the top is in a substantially vertical position, whichwill bring the boat to the position shown in Fig. 3, and when it is in this position the balls may be dropped therein by properly shaking or manipulating the box. After this first step-the placing of the balls within the boat is accomplished a further feature of the device is to turn the box back to upright position, so that the boat, with the balls therein, may be swung after the manner of a swinging hammock. This will be found diificult to accomplish, as the tilting of the boat forward against the glass cover in position to reguishes the device from the many puzzles heretofore known in which balls are required to be placed in stationary depressions or peak ets and materially adds to the difi iculty and interest in the working out of the puzzle.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A puzzle comprising a box or casing, havin g a transparent cover, a boatshaped recep tacle,suspending-cords secured at their lower ends to the ends of the receptacle, and at their upper ends to opposite sides of the box and balls within the box adapted to be d ropped into the receptacle by the manipulation of the box. t

Signed at New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 236. day of July, A. Dx-1902.

WARREN P. VAN LOAN. Witnesses:

J. M. HOCTOR, M. M. DURKIN.

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